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Carl Denham:Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.

Carl Denham:Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.

Carl Denham:Fay's a size four.

Preston:Yes, she is, but she's doing a picture with RKO.

Carl Denham:Cooper, huh? I might've known.

Carl Denham:Bring the tripod and all of the film.

Herbert:Want to switch to the six-inch lens?

Carl Denham:[considering Kong, who only he has seen] The wide-angle will do just fine.

Lumpy the Cook:[seeing a footprint that Kong has left] There's only one creature capable of leaving a footprint that size. The Abominable Snowman.

Hayes:We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign - and no memories. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free.

Carl Denham:No you donâ??t. If you really loved it, you wouldâ??ve jumped.

Carl Denham:No you don't. If you really loved it, you would've jumped.

Carl Denham:I'm real good at crappin' the crappers.

Carl Denham:"And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty. And it stayed its hand from killing. And from that day, it was as one dead."

Carl Denham:And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty, and beauty stayed his hand. And from that day forward, he was as one dead.

Carl Denham:it is beauty that killed the beast

Carl Denham:It was beauty killed the Beast.

Ann Darrow:Good things never last Mr. Denham.

Hayes:We could not understand because we were too far and could not remember because we were traveling in the night of first ages, of those ages that are gone, leaving hardly a sign - and no memories. We are accustomed to look upon the shackled form of a conquered monster, but there - there you could look at a thing monstrous and free.

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